Bag holder



ROWLAND FORSTER, OF DAUPHIN, MANITOBA, CANADA.

BAG HOLDER.

Application led .Tune l,

T 0 @ZZ nrfi/wm, t may concern.'

Be it known that I, RowLANn Fons'rnn, of the town of Dauphin, in theProvince of Manitoba7 Canada, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Bag Holders, of which the following is thespecification.

The invention relates to improvements in bag holders and the generalobject of the invention is to provide a device which .will receive a bagand hold it with the mouth spread open, thereby making the operation offilling the bag an easy one.

A further object of the invention is to arrange the holder so that itwill accommodate the bag as it is filled, that is to say, a holder whichwill allow the bag to gradually drop under the weight of the grain andas the bag fills.

A further object is to provide a bag holder which can be adjusted. toaccommodate various lengths of bags.

A still further object of the invention is to construct the appliance ina simple, durable and efficient manner.

With the above more important objects in view the invention consistsessentially in the arrangement and construction of parts hereinaftermore particularly described and later pointed out in the appendedclaims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1is a front view of the complete device. i i

Fig. 2 is a side view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a plan view.

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view through the upper part of the post,certain. parts being shown in side elevation.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view through one of the spreaders.

Fig. 6 is a riage plate.

In the drawing like characters of reference indicate corresponding partsin the several ligures.

1 represents an upright post or Standard in the present instance in thenature of a pipe, the bottom end of which is fitted with a base or suchlike 2 which can be suitably screwed or nailed to the licor to hold thedevice permanently in position.

3 is a vertically disposed guide rod spaced from and secured to thefront side of the perspective view of the car- Speciflcaton of Lettersatent. Patented Jun@ 13, 1922,

1920. serial No. 385,759.

post and utilized as a sliding support for a carriage later disclosed.

In the present instance the lower end of the rod is bent at right anglesto the body and is passed through the post and riveted whilst the upperend is carriedby an eye 4 fitted with a riveted shank 5 also passingthrough the post. secured to the rear side of the post at the pointwhere the shank is riveted.

rlhe carriage 7 is specially constructed. being formed from a metallicplate 8 fitted at the corners with pairs of rearwardly e2;- tendingupper and lower corner lugs 9 and 1() and centrally with a pair offorwardly extending upper and lower lugs 11 and 12.

The body of the plate takes a position between the rod and the post andthe forwardly extending lugs 11 and 12 are slidably mounted on the rodwhilst the rearwardly extending pairs of lugs are positioned immediatelyto the sides of the post and serve amongst other functions to prevent arotary action of the carriage on the rod as would otherwise occur.

The carriage is supported by a chain or such like 13 which has the lowerend connected to the lug 11 and the upper end detachably connected tothe forward end of a rocking lever 14: pivotally mounted on a pivot pin15 located at the upper end of the post. rIhe rear end of the rockerlever is connected by means of a coiled spring 16 to the bracket 6.

From the above arrangement it will be apparent that the weight of thecarriage is carried by the Spring which expands and contracts inaccordance with the weight of the carriage and bag carried thereby.

In the present instance I have shown a hook 17 at the front end of therocking lever. One can shorten or lengthen the chain by catching one orother of the links thereof on the hook and in so doing set the carriageto comply with the type of bag used, whether it be long or short.

18 and 19 are two forwardly extending bowed arms which arms have theirrear ends downturned to provide supporting spindles 20, the spindlesbeing rotatably mounted in the corner lugs of the plate.

0n each spindle and between the corner lugs I mount a coiled spring 21,each spring having one end anchored to the plate and the An anglebracket 6 is by stops 22 extending upwardlyi'oin thev upper lugs 9. i

rlhe forward ends of the arnis carry curved sareaders 23 and 2li suchbein@ in the forni of substantially rectangular' bowed plates and witheach plate having the upper edge bent outwardly as indicated at 25.

When this device is to be used the chain i is adjusted as experienceteaches to accoinniodate the length of bag used and when one wishes toplace the bag in the holder he closes in the spreadeis and passes thehein oi' the over the turned-out edge of the spreader and then releasesthe spreaders to niove out under the action oi the springs 2l. Actuallythe body parts of the spreaders are outside the open niouth oi' the bagas the lieni is, so to speal, caught over the turnedout edge oit thespreader in each instance. Once in place the iiiouth of the bag is held'fully open by the spreaders and the bag lills with grain the weight ofthe grain gradually causes the carriage to `niove down, such beingprovided tor by the spring i6.

Freni the above disclosure it will be apparent that this device is verysimple in construction and is arranged such that it will accommodate theVarious lengths of bags and such that it will adjust itself'automatically to the bag as the bag lills with grain.

That l elaini as my invention is zl. A bag holder comprising an uprightsupporting post, a bag supporting carriage slidable vertically on saidpost, a rocking lever pivotally secured to said post in a location abovesaid carriage, an adjustable connection extending between said carriageand lever and secured to the latter at one side of the pivot thereof,and a contractible spring `bag holding ineans, and spring nieans coinnected with the other end olf said lever lor holding said bag holdingineans in 'yielding position., ,l

l Signed at Dauphin, this 8th day ot April,

l ROWLAND FURSrlEl-l. In the presence of- E. H. GUiuoN, E. C. TURLAND.

